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AWARDDELIVERY ORDEROther than small business

Delivery order HHSM500T0004THE RAND CORPORATION

Overview

Award facts

Net obligations
$7.56M
$7,559,758of $7.56M potential value
Outlays (paid to date)
$154.06K
$154.06K paid of $7.56M obligated$154,058
Period of performance
Sep 1, 2016 to Oct 29, 2021
Ended
Modifications
20
Latest action May 7, 2025
Contract type
Delivery order
PIID HHSM500T0004

Contract value is the most the government could spend; obligations are what it has legally committed; outlays are what it has actually paid.

Description of requirement

IGF::OT::IGF THE CONTRACTOR SHALL MODEL IMPROVEMENTS TO THE CURRENT PE METHODOLOGY, AND DEVELOP AND MODEL ALTERNATIVE APPROACHES TO DEVELOPING PE RVUS, INCLUDING THE DATA USED IN SUCH METHODOLOGIES AND MECHANISMS FOR REGULARLY UPDATING SUCH DATA. THE CONTRACTOR SHALL PROVIDE ALL SUPERVISION, ADMINISTRATIVE AND TECHNICAL SUPPORT, LABOR, SUBCONTRACTORS, AND TRANSPORTATION (EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE PROVIDED) AND SHALL PLAN, SCHEDULE, COORDINATE, AND ASSURE EFFECTIVE COMPLETION OF ALL SERVICES DESCRIBED HEREIN. THE CONTRACTOR SHALL DOCUMENT ITS WORK, INCLUDING DESIGN OF MODELS, IMPACTS OF VARIOUS MODEL SIMULATIONS, AND RECOMMENDATIONS TO CMS, IN REPORT FORM. THESE REPORTS SHALL ALSO INCLUDE RECOMMENDATIONS ON DATA REQUIRED TO IMPROVE THE ACCURACY OF PE RVUS UNDER THE RECOMMENDED APPROACH. THE CONTRACTOR SHALL PROVIDE CMS WITH ALL PROGRAMS USED TO TEST THE VARIOUS MODEL SIMULATIONS. THESE PROGRAMS SHALL BE PROVIDED IN THE SAS PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE, INCLUDING DOCUMENTATION, IN SUCH FORM THAT CAN BE RUN ON CMS COMPUTERS. THE CONTRACTOR SHALL ALSO PREPARE, IN COLLABORATION WITH CMS STAFF, RESEARCH ARTICLES FOR PUBLICATION.

Dates and value

Award date
Signed on Aug 31, 2016
Potential end of performance
Oct 28, 2021
Current value
$7,559,758Base and exercised options
Potential value (if all options are exercised)
$7,559,758
Parent contract vehicle
HHSM500201400036I (IDC, multiple award) — 5 orders recorded under it

Obligations by fiscal year of action

  • FY2025: -$47,780 (de-obligation)
  • FY2020: $1,435,915
  • FY2019: $1,534,836
  • FY2018: $1,363,387
  • FY2016: $3,273,400

Total across 5 fiscal years: $7,559,758

Net de-obligation in that fiscal year (obligations withdrawn).

Source: Federal Procurement Data System contract actions as published by SAM.gov and USAspending.gov; latest action recorded May 7, 2025. View on USAspending · Recipient on SAM.gov

Recipient

NameTHE RAND CORPORATION
LocationSANTA MONICA, CA
UEIYY46Q97AEZA8
CAGE code11578
Business sizeOther than small businessSize at award, per the contracting officer
Organization typeCorporate tax exempt
Parent companyTHE RAND CORPORATION

Business types and certifications

Nonprofit organizationTax-exempt corporation

Self-reported at the time of the action.

Agency and place

Awarding and funding

Awarded by
  1. Department of Health and Human Services
  2. Centers For Medicare And Medicaid Services
  3. OFC OF ACQUISITION AND GRANTS MGMT
Funded by
  1. Department of Health and Human Services
  2. Centers For Medicare And Medicaid Services
  3. OFC OF ACQUISITION AND GRANTS MGMT
Funded from
Program operations; Innovation activities; Other mandatory program activity; Other reimbursable program activityProgram activities075-0511, 075-0522Federal accounts (agency financial reports)

Place of performance

Place of performance
Santa Monica, Los Angeles County, California 90401-3297
Congressional district (place of performance)
CA-36As reported at the time of the action

Classification and competition

Classification

NAICS
541720RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT IN THE SOCIAL SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES
Product or service (PSC)
R499SUPPORT- PROFESSIONAL: OTHER (service)

Competition

Extent competed
Full and open competitionA
Solicitation procedures
Subject to multiple award fair opportunityMAFO
Set-aside
No set-aside used
Contract pricing
Cost plus fixed feeU
Offers received
2

Contract details

Subcontracting plan
Plan required - incentive not includedC
Major program
Rmada
Certified cost or pricing data
No
Service Contract Act labor standards
No
Commercial procedures
Commercial products/services procedures not usedD
Government-furnished property
Transaction does not use GFE/GFPN
Bundled requirement
Not a bundled requirementD
Consolidated requirement
No
Undefinitized action (terms not final)
No
Multi-year contract
Yes
Performance-based service acquisition
No - service where PBA is not used.N

Transaction history

Modification history

Base award
Aug 31, 2016Base obligation at award: $3,273,400
Latest action
May 7, 2025 — CloseoutModification P00017; obligation change -$47,780; administrative: no change in scope or value
Latest substantive action
Sep 1, 2020 — Option exercisedModification P00012; obligation change +$1,435,915
Actions by type
  • Base award1
  • Other administrative action18
  • Option exercised1
  • Closeout1
21 actions recorded, Aug 31, 2016 to May 7, 2025; each action counted once.

All contract data

All contract data

Every other field reported for this award, as of its latest reported action

Competition

Evaluation preference
No preference used
Local area set-aside
No
Synopsized publicly (SAM.gov / FedBizOpps)
Yes
Simplified procedures for commercial items
No
A-76 (FAIR Act) action
No

Pricing and financing

Paid by purchase card
No
Latest action: change in base and exercised options
-$47,780
Latest action: change in base and all options
-$47,780

Socio-economic and policy

Inherently governmental functions
Other functionsOT
Recovered materials and sustainability
No clauses included and no sustainability includedC
EPA-designated product
Not requiredE
Clinger-Cohen Act planning (IT)
No
Walsh-Healey Act (materials and supplies)
No
Construction wage rates (Davis-Bacon)
No

Place and origin

Domestic or foreign entity
U.S. owned businessA
Country of product or service origin
United statesUSA
Place of manufacture
Not a manufactured end productC

Structure

Award or IDV
Award
Award type
Delivery orderC
Parent vehicle type
IDCB
Parent vehicle: multiple or single award
Multiple awardM
Parent vehicle agency
Centers For Medicare And Medicaid Services7530
Awarding agency code
7500
Awarding sub-tier code
7530
Contracting office code
75FCMC
Transactions recorded under this award key
21

Funding

Funding agency code
7500
Funding sub-tier code
7530
Funding office code
75FCMC
Treasury accounts
  • 075-2019/2019-0511-000
  • 075-X-0511-000
  • 075-X-0522-000
Object classes
  • 25.2: Other services from non-Federal sources
Disaster or emergency funding (DEFC)
  • Q: Not Designated Nonemergency/Emergency/Disaster/Wildfire Suppression